"A dictatorship is a centralized information network, lacking strong self-correcting mechanisms.
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"A dictatorship is a centralized information network, lacking strong self-correcting mechanisms.
"A democracy, in contrast, is a distributed information network, possessing strong self-correcting mechanisms."
Yuval Noah Harari, "Nexus", 2024
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Well, there's nothing more dictatorial than "defederate instance button"
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@tassoman really? Seems pretty distributed to me.
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@evan Not many of those "strong self-correcting mechanisms" of democracy seem to be happening right at this moment in time. But we have learned an awful lot about how the rich can overthrow one in a bloodless coup.
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👺防空識別區👹 （mix mastering）replied to Steve's Place last edited by
@steter (That's because democracy doesn't really "work" and is kinda dumb, child-like bullshit. But, I think @evan is using it in a less sociopolitical kinda way and in more of a metaphorical or philosophical kinda way within the context of software and sorts of anarchistic distributed governance not existing under a central order or singular system.)
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Evan Prodromoureplied to 👺防空識別區👹 （mix mastering） last edited by
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@evan
️what are the self-correcting mechanisms?
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@johnefrancis courts, journalism, elections, norms. You should read the book!
